Tazemetostat - Ipsen
Alternative Names: E-7438; EPZ-6438; EZ-438; IPN-60200; Tazemetostat hydrobromide - Ipsen; TazverikLatest Information Update: 10 Dec 2025
At a glance
- Originator Epizyme
- Developer Eisai Co Ltd; Epizyme; Genentech; HUTCHMED; Ipsen; National Cancer Institute (USA); Pfizer
- Class Amines; Antineoplastics; Benzamides; Biphenyl compounds; Dihydropyridines; Morpholines; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 protein inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Yes - Chordoma; Sarcoma; Follicular lymphoma; Soft tissue sarcoma; Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Mesothelioma; Rhabdoid tumour
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Follicular lymphoma; Sarcoma
- Registered Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Phase II CNS cancer; Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Endometrial cancer; Histiocytosis; Lymphoma; Mesothelioma; Ovarian cancer; Prostate cancer; Solid tumours; Synovial sarcoma
- Phase I/II Bladder cancer; Non-small cell lung cancer
- No development reported Rhabdoid tumour
- Discontinued Mantle-cell lymphoma
Most Recent Events
- 22 Oct 2025 pharmacodynamics data from a preclinical trial in Solid tumour presented at the International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics 2025 ( AACR-NCI-EORTC-2025)
- 26 Sep 2025 Epizyme completes the phase-II TRuST trial in Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Follicular lymphoma, Synovial sarcoma, Mesothelioma and Solid tumours in Australia, Belgium, France, Poland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and USA (PO) (NCT02875548)
- 29 Aug 2025 Phase-II clinical trials in Sarcoma (Inoperable/Unresectable, Metastatic disease, Second-line therapy or greater) in Japan (PO)